"wide area network" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʌɪdˌɛːrɪəˌnɛtwəːk/ Audio: en-ca-wide_area_network.ogg [Canada] Forms: wide area networks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wide area network (plural wide area networks)
  1. (computing) A computer network that covers a large geographic area. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: WAN, wide-area network Hyponyms: campus area network, low-power wide-area network, metropolitan area network Coordinate_terms: local area network, personal area network Translations (network): 廣域網 (Chinese Mandarin), 广域网 (guǎngyùwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 外網 (Chinese Mandarin), 外网 (wàiwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 公網 (Chinese Mandarin), 公网 (gōngwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), laajaverkko (Finnish), réseau étendu [masculine] (French), WAN [masculine] (French), Wide Area Network [formal, neuter] (German), Weitverkehrsnetz [neuter] (German), δίκτυο ευρείας περιοχής (díktyo evreías periochís) [neuter] (Greek), רֶשֶׁת תִּקְשֹׁרֶת מֶרְחָבִית (Hebrew), ワイド・エリア・ネットワーク (waido-eria-nettowāku) (Japanese), ワン (english: WAN; wan) (Japanese), глоба́льная компью́терная сеть (globálʹnaja kompʹjútɛrnaja setʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ГКС (GKS) [feminine] (Russian), mạng diện rộng (Vietnamese)

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